Tuesday night is FoodCycle Night and once again a bevy of GoodGymers were there to ensure things ran smoothly. Gill and Lucie were in the cooking team and after getting everything want up were rather alarmed by the lack of food provided by the supermarkets. We had a lot of swedes but not a lot else to get started on. But after some creative thinking and the arrival of the rest of the kitchen crew a menu started to emerge using up many of our store cupboard items. Gill took the lead on making vegetable stew and dumplings while Lucie masterminded the tastiest wedges and cream cheese dip for a starter, and for dessert the others in the team made rice pudding (who knew you could make rice pudding with sushi rice?) with caramelised bananas. Sam arrived at 5 and was a whizz at keeping the pots washed and tidying up after us, and Neill joined the hosting team - being the host with the most he ensured our guests were given hot drinks on arrival and served their food restaurant style . Sam and Neill stayed on to clean up the hall and kitchen and leave everything in pristine condition. It was another great team effort and many of our guests gave were really appreciative.

Well we were actually spreading a lot of sandwiches 🥪 ,which will hopefully help with the happiness tomorrow. 4 of us had volunteered to help in the preparations for tomorrow’s afternoon tea for senior members of the community. And once we got going we had quite a production line going. While Gill prepared the tuna onion and mayo filling, Lucie sliced the cucumbers Abdullah and Abdulrahman got just spreading butter onto the never ending supply of sliced bread. Then it was down to Lucie and Gill to start spreading the fillings into the sandwiches - egg mayo and cucumber for Lucie and the tuna for Gill. Then as they got half way through the mountain of bread it was on to coronation chicken, and egg and tomato. We must have made getting on for 400 sandwiches - which should be just enough for afternoon tea for the 100 or so guests tomorrow. And only Adulrahman could turn what could have been a boring task into a fun filled morning of competitive spreading!
We finished in record time and Vera and Ian the organisers were once again amazed and really appreciative of the help that GoodGym provided. Well done team - you really put in the time to spread a lot of GoodGym good cheer today.

This evening 5 joined Foodcycle at Hightown Baptist Church: we served 48 guests plus takeaways . It was great team work and effort from everyone as always- food collection team, cooking team, hosting team , host and helpers , pot washer 🧼, team/project leaders ❤️

Thank you everyone for making people around happy 😊

On today’s menu was:

Starter Vegetable soup 🍲 with bread Main Baked rice with braised cabbage 🥬 Dessert Martin's and Jordi's special, let’s get ready to crumble - mixed fruit crumble with custard - was an absolute hit and we served 50 portions of it